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    CDS a sham! Ban them!!
    Updated over 13 years ago
    The European Union’s ability to write down 50 percent of banks’ Greek bond holdings without triggering $3.7 billion in debt insurance contracts threatens to undermine...
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  • Neighborhoods
    Downtown Brooklyn Jail reopens Feb '12
    Updated over 13 years ago
    What do people think about possible price deterioration due to the recent reopening of the Downtown Brooklyn Detention Center? <a rel="nofollow"...
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  • Sales
    Maintenance Increased After Contract! What now?
    Updated over 13 years ago
    Just signed the contract and was notified by the seller's attorney that the board had just passed a 10% maintenance increase in a 80 unit coop. We are probably another...
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  • Sales
    "Designer renovated" = yuck
    Updated over 13 years ago
    Boys and girls, this is what can happen when a 'designer' gets a hold of a classic prewar space. Those blinding colors! Those rounded walls! Don't let it happen to...
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  • Renovation
    combing into a duplex
    Updated over 13 years ago
    ok does this make sense if allowed.. buying the apartment above me and combining into a duplex. both apartments currently 2 bedrooms 1.5 baths with no formal dining...
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  • Sales
    RE attorney fees
    Updated over 13 years ago
    If you are buying a house on LI how much should a RE attorney cost to do the contract/closing? I thought I saw some older threads that it was $1000-1500 but a...
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  • Sales
    PLEASE Help, need advice. Young dreamer here!
    Updated over 13 years ago
    Hello All, I've asked for advice on here before and it's been very helpful. I'm 25, dreaming of owning in Manhattan. I'm working on saving, and doing pretty well....
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